title: A retrospective study of left ventricular assist device-related infections.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001458:Bandages; D015984:Causality; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000601:surgery; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010414:Pennsylvania / Q000453:epidemiology; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology*; D014850:Waiting Lists; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control